What are your Mother’s Day gift giving plans? How about a making jars of homemade rose & lavender body scrubs to gift to the mothers in your life? Last Sunday I had the honor of hosting a Mother’s Day floral craft event at the Pasadena Anthropologie. What did we make? Homemade Sea Salt Floral Body Scrubs of course!

Let me start by saying that stepping into Anthropologie is pretty darn inspiring, let alone spending the afternoon crafting in store with a great group of ladies.

The tables were set with heaping bowls of dried flowers that we served up in latte bowls, essentials oils, small nosegays of roses and ranunculus and ribbon galore. It was a sensory overload of all things floral and let me tell you, these craft tables smelled heavenly.

Laura Hooper Calligraphy graciously made our crafters the most gorgeous rose gold-foiled “Happy Mother’s Day” tags to tie onto the scrub jars gifted to us by Weck. If you’ve ever used Weck jars, you will know just how beautiful they are and perfect for filling with homemade scrubs, jams, or any other homemade treats!

If you missed the event and would like to make these scrubs for yourself you can download my event handout right here. Also, I will be loading more photos from the event today on Facebook or you can check it out on Instagram under the hash tag #anthroevents.

Directions:
1. In a small bowl mix exfoliate, oil and essential oil until well combined.
2. Add dried flowers if desired and fold in.
3. Spoon into Weck jar or sealed container. Body scrub should last up to a few weeks in the bath.

What a fun and beautiful crafting idea Leah. I tried a little of the product on my hands @anthropologie and it was delightful. I can’t wait to do the full body experience! Thanks for yet another great home made gift!

Oh, I love this idea! There was a tea shop in London that I used to love, where you could go in and make your own assortment using dried fruits, flowers and herbs. This reminds me of that same experience. I’d love to make some of these to give as gifts all year long! (I bet they’d be great as part of a gift box for bridesmaids this coming wedding season.)

Thank you for hosting this event Leah! I had a great time and it was really nice to meet you in person I also did a blog post about making the scrubs for Mother’s Day, here is a link to the post: http://peonyphotography.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/happy-mothers-day/ My mom said it made her tear up. I couldn’t have asked for a better Mother’s Day present!

I am making these for christmas presents this year and wondering how far in advance I can make them and put them in jars? Should I make them as close to christmas as possible or will they “keep” for a while in a jar?

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